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TRONDHEIM CONFERENCE ADDRESSES POST-2010 BIODIVERSITY
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Trondheim,
6 February—The
Sixth Trondheim Conference on
Biodiversity was held from 1-5 February
2010, in Trondheim, Norway. The
Conference produced a Chair’s Report,
which will be forwarded as an
information document to the upcoming
14th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on
Scientific, Technical and Technological
Advice (SBSTTA) of the Convention on
Biological Diversity (CBD) and the third
meeting of the CBD Working Group on
Review of Implementation, to be held in
May 2010, in Nairobi, Kenya. The Report
outlines 12 messages, including on
biodiversity loss and human well-being,
biodiversity targets, and the need for
implementation, communication,
resources, and science and knowledge.
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Photo: L-R: Erik Solheim, Minister of the
Environment and International Development,
Norway, gives Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive
Secretary of the CBD, a Norwegian painting |
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MARINE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY WORKING GROUP FORWARDS
RECOMMENDATIONS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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 New
York,
6 February—The
third meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal
Working Group to study issues relating to the
conservation and sustainable use of marine
biological diversity beyond areas of national
jurisdiction convened from 1-5 February 2010, at
UN Headquarters in New York, US. In accordance
with General Assembly Resolution 64/71 of 4
December 2009, the third meeting was mandated in
particular to continue discussions of the legal
regime on marine genetic resources, as well as
marine protected areas and environmental impact
assessment processes in areas beyond national
jurisdiction. Delegates eventually agreed by
consensus to a package of recommendations to the
General Assembly, with one of the
recommendations calling for reconvening the
Working Group in 2011.
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Photo: Delegates during one of the plenaries |
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